Ones of the food and Drug Administration while negotiations continue. Washington, aurnal talked with border reporter to find out what was going on. Lets begin with what we heard. What do you have to say . I do not expect a clean one to be brought to the house floor. Will with the there are. Senate republicans are not going to provide the votes that would be necessary to get it through the senate. Given all the speculation over the last week that this was something he would do, it is possible he felt that he needed to make it clear that he will do something on the debt and the deficit. Lets show our viewers what he had to say when he was on abc this week. I told the president that there is no way that theyre going to pass. The president is risking default by not having a conversation with us. We are not going down that path. Time to deal with americas problems. How can you do nothing about the underlying problem . This year the federal government had more revenue than any year in the hi
Of that this morning. Republicans, 202 7370002. Emocrats, 202 7370001 independence and all others, 202 6280205. Send us your thoughts via toast social media, http twitter. Com cspanwj, and email us, journal cspan. Org. First i want to begin with David Drucker joining us on the phone this morning. Lets begin with what we heard on the sunday talk shows yesterday from House Speaker john boehner. What did he have to say . Well, friday afternoon, evening, he said he did not expect a clean debt ceiling bill to be brought, that there were not enough republican votes to get through. Senate republicans are not going to provide the votes that will be necessary for a 60 vote bill to get the clean debt ceiling through the senate, that is what they are telling me. Given all the speculation over the last week that this was something he would do, it is possible he felt that he needed that he will do something on the debt and the deficit. Whatts show our viewers he had to say when he was on abc this w
Guest these are characteristics captured. Host we are wrapping it up quickly. We just had a president ial election. The winner he was president already so hes been filtered for four years, but mitt romney. Was he extremely filtered . Guest unfiltered without a doubt. In historical is not a lot of time in politics. Had he won the presidency, he wouldve been second second only to wilson and arguably Grover Cleveland in terms of the shortness of his political career before he became president. Host well, listen, thank you. This is a fascinating books. Alexis totino, the toes he says he dont know about it. Guest thank you very much. The fact that was, but tv signature programs in which authors are interviewed by policymakers, legislators and others familiar with their material. After words errors at 10 00 p. M. On saturday, 12 00 p. M. And 9 00 p. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online. Go to booktv. Org and click on the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of
It has to be one of the oldest debates with social science predating the idea there is but the hideous social forces explain human outcomes. Its all about biography. What i thought is these are two further apart view points. The problem is that both arguments make sense. The social scientists or the people following the tradition of, you know, not just marx, but most social scientists say, look, theres three reasons why leaders dont matter that much, that the leader of my organization faces external constraints. If youre the ceo of company, you have competitors. You cant set prices at whatever you want. Theres internal constraints, tradition, culture, everything inside a country, company, military unit. You cant do whatever you want. Most importantly, leaders are not chosen randomly so most leaders of powerful organizations, organizations that we care about, organizations that have the ability to reshape history, they are not picked out of a hat, but picked because that organization is
Historian Harlow Giles Unger recounts the life of americas sixth president on quincy adams who died in 1848. Quincy adams was some of the second president john adams had a long political career which included, aside from his presidency, ten years of secretary of state, senator, congressmen and miniature. This is a little under an hour. I will start with a very simple question. Was there a moment you said to yourself i need to write a biography of John Quincy Adams . Yes, indeed, there was. A couple years ago when i ran out of any ideas on the Founding Fathers. Others had written on washington, jefferson, madison, and id written on Patrick Henry, james monroe, james hancock. So i pulled out john f. Kennedys cal woods prizewinning book profiles in courage and their in chapter 1 was John Quincy Adams. I thought his name begins with a xu chapter 1. Thats not the reason he was in chapter 1. John kennedy himself a war hero had listed these characters in order of the degree of courage, and he